In the summer of 1999, a wave of hate crimes washed across the United States. In Northern California, three synagogues in Sacramento were firebombed and two gay men in Redding were murdered in their home.

On Saturday, Aug. 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Unity Center will host a free block party and a civil rights panel discussion with Dolores Huerta of the Dolores Huerta Foundation, Stuart Milk of the Harvey Milk Foundation, California State Sen. Holly Mitchell (D-30) and Sacramento Police Chief Daniel Hahn moderated by Lisa Ling of CNN’s “This is Life with Lisa Ling."

Cody Drabble learned to love public radio growing up in San Francisco with KQED on every morning during breakfast. In addition to producing and directing the live broadcast of Insight each morning, he also fills in as guest host for Beth Ruyak. Read Full Bio